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News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.
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Aviation Industry Reacts To AMI’s Part 135 Revocation
The aviation industry is beginning to react to the FAA’s October 4 suspension and then last Friday’s revocation of AMI Jet Charter’s Part 135 certificate,
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Delta AirElite launches block-charter program
Delta AirElite, which has operated an aircraft management and charter service since 1991 when it was still Comair Jet Express, took a step toward further e
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AMI Problems Began with DOT Consent Order
AMI Jet Charter had problems with the U.S.
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Private Jet Membership Provider Sentient Sold
Sentient, a leading provider of business aircraft transportation through membership block charter, was purchased last month from CSFB Private Equity by TH
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Sentient Buy Shows FAA Succeeds in Erasing AMI Jet Charter
Sentient Flight Group announced yesterday that it has agreed “in principle” to buy TAG Aviation USA’s aircraft management business from Switzerland-based T
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Raytheon To Divest Flight Options
Waltham, Mass.-based Raytheon, during its third-quarter earnings conference this morning, announced its decision to sell Flight Options, its Cleveland-base
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AMI certificate revocation spooks charter industry
AMI Jet Charter’s trouble with the FAA didn’t start on October 12, when the agency revoked AMI’s charter certificate, nor the week before, when it suspende
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Sentient Flight Group acquires two more charter divisions
On October 23, Sentient Flight Group purchased Hawker Beechcraft’s charter/management business.
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Raytheon To Divest Flight Options
Waltham, Mass.-based Raytheon is selling Flight Options, its Cleveland-based business aircraft fractional share division.
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Sentient: TAG Purchase Includes AMI Jet Charter
When Sentient Flight Group announced last week that it plans to buy TAG Aviation USA, it didn’t clarify whether this included AMI Jet Charter, 49 percent o
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Charter Web Site Sets Sights on Empty Legs
Melbourne, Fla.-based CharterMatrix has targeted the empty-leg market with the launch of an updated Web site, which includes a map-search function, request
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Online charter broker attracts SEC scrutiny
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended the trading of Connect-A-Jet securities for 11 days last month, from October 1 to October 12, due to
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California To Tax Fractional Flights
A law recently approved by the California State Assembly would assess all fractional ownership flights in the state with personal property taxes, according
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JetAviva Launches Eclipse 500 Service
Van Nuys, Calif.-based JetAviva, which bills itself as the “first exclusive” very light jet (VLJ) management company, launched its Eclipse 500 management s
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Bankrupt AEXjet Ceases Operations
Aspen, Colo.-based AEXjet ceased operations for two weeks last month while the transactions for entering into a “business combination” with an unidentified
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DayJet finally takes off
On October 3, per-seat, on-demand air-taxi firm DayJet marked its official grand opening in a ceremony at the Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional Airport.
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Former Gulstream president on the job at NetJets
Bill Boisture, who resigned suddenly in April as president of Gulfstream Aerospace, has been on the job for the last 30 days as president of NetJets.
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Association Meets With French on Fractional Issues
During a meeting last month with French aviation officials, the National Air Transportation Association reiterated its position that regardless of how Fran
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Bizav Accused of ‘Complacency’ Toward Security
“A troubling trend has developed that threatens to harm business aviation in unimaginable ways–complacency,” claims Aviation Security International.
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Innotech-Execaire To Fly Delta AirElite Charters
Montreal-based Innotech-Execaire has been authorized by Delta Air Lines’ business jet charter operation, Delta AirElite, to be its first Canadian affiliate
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Fractional Pilot Hiring Levels Way Down
As a group, the four largest fractional operators reported pilot hiring activity significantly off from what it was a year ago, according to AIR Inc., the
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New Chinese Charter Firm Starts with Gulfstream IV
Air China Business Jet will launch its planned charter service with a Gulfstream IV, the first large-cabin Gulfstream to be based in China.
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Autothrottle Coming for G200 and Galaxy
Gulfstream has penned a letter of intent with Safe Flight Instrument for the supply of the latter company’s Enhanced AutoPower automatic throttle system as
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Editorial: Shell Shock
When the FAA pulled the trigger on AMI Jet Charter and TAG Aviation USA last month, a silence settled over the land that was almost reminiscent of the empt
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Is NetJets Moving To Orlando?
According to the Orlando Sentinel, state and local officials are drafting an incentive package to lure fractional provider NetJets to Orlando, Fla
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OurPlane Takes Delivery of First Frax Eclipse 500
Light aircraft fractional provider OurPlane last week took delivery of the first Eclipse 500 that will be operated under Part 91K fractional aircraft owner
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Charter companies feast on bizav bounty
The impressive growth of business aviation in the Middle East hasn’t excluded the region’s executive charter companies, some of which have been enjoying th
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NATA Chief Blasts FAA Brass at Aircraft Charter Meeting
At a closed-to-the-press meeting between FAA officials and attendees of the NATA Aviation Business Roundtable on Monday, NATA president James Coyne accused
